About the Game
Football is full of hidden talent, and it’s your job to discover them.
Run your own independent football academy, scout and sign young prospects, and guide their development into valuable players. Train with a clear focus, sell at the right moment, and reinvest each transfer to grow your academy and prestige.
Key Features
Scout and discover young talents
Watch youth matches, uncover a player’s qualities through scouting, and sign the prospects that fit your academy.Develop players with focused training
Choose a training focus, shape their growth over time, and build specialists for different roles.
Follow the market and make deals
Track club demands, propose your players when they match a profile, and negotiate transfers that fund the next wave.Grow your academy
Upgrade facilities to improve development and raise your prestige.
Optional customization
Customize leagues, clubs, and player names to shape your football world.
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
Club Name Character Support Fixed issues where some special characters caused problems in league and transfer club mods. Existing save progress is now adjusted, and these characters can now be typed correctly.
Workshop Upload Reliability Improved Workshop upload handling to prevent the Workshop ID from being lost in some cases.
Missing Validation Messages Added missing error messages for several validation checks.
Save sizes are now significantly smaller and saving should be much faster in long-running careers, with reductions of up to 80% depending on save state.
This prevents unrealistic late transfer fees for expiring contracts.
Fixed heavy new game startup lag by caching frequently repeated calculations in schedule and calendar generation.
New Features
Scout Report Aging Hint
A hint is now shown when a scout report is older than 3 months.Monthly Wages Overview
Added a monthly wages view to the Finance page.Interest Level Display
Player interest level is now shown on the Scouting page, including sorting by interest.
Improvements
Scout Report Selection
On the Scouting page, multiple scout reports are now considered, the report with the highest progress is displayed.Player Wage Visibility
Wages are now shown in the Player window for signed players.Matching Score Range
Matching score is now displayed as a range based on player estimation.Dynamic Release Penalty
Release penalties are now dynamically calculated based on prestige.Filter Persistence
Filters on the Scouting and Player Hub pages are now saved.Team Window Nationality
Player nationality is now shown in the Team window.
Fixes
Passive Scouting Progress
Fixed an issue where passive scouting progress gain was not working correctly.Negotiation Interest Visibility
Fixed an issue where the interest bar was shown in the negotiation window even when the interest was unknown.
Improvements
Market Demand Age Requirement
Market demands now use a maximum age requirement instead of an age range.
Dormitory Capacity Adjustment
Dormitory slots for the first facility level have been reduced to 10.
Fixes
Staff Negotiation Reputation Display
Fixed an issue where reputation values were shown with decimals in the staff negotiation window.Estimated Overall Display
Fixed an issue where the Player Hub development page, propose window, and other areas showed the real player overall instead of the estimated value.Staff Negotiation Translations
Fixed missing translations in the staff negotiation window.Player Interest Visibility
Fixed an issue where player interest appeared as unknown in the negotiation window even when the scout had full scouting progress.Scout Estimate Updates
Fixed an issue where player estimates were not updating correctly after a scout finished scouting a player.Coach Assignment on Facility Upgrade
Fixed an issue where coaches were unassigned after upgrading a facility.
The estimated wages could not be seen even scout watched that player, now on the negotiation window the report source can be chosen to see the data based on that report
When scout had no assignment but had players to watch, it is shown in the staff overview
When player was assigned to scout but had not watched him yet, all attributes of the player was revealed - fixed
Fixed Alt Tab creating multiple ghost tabs in the background
Improvements
Star ratings have been made thinner, making half stars easier to distinguish.
Autofocus now selects players on your watchlist first and no longer deselects already selected players.
A new button was added on the Inbox page to delete all messages at once.
The Scouting page now displays the total number of watched players.
Transfer offer chances have been adjusted.
Player scouting progress decrease has been rebalanced.
Fixes
Fixed an issue where watched players were sometimes not shown immediately on the Scouting page.
Fixed an issue where player personality was not visible even when a player was fully scouted.
New Features
Unsaved Changes Warning
When closing the editor or switching tabs with unsaved changes, a confirmation window is shown to prevent progress loss.Savable Invalid Presets
Presets can now be saved even if they are not valid, allowing you to resume editing later.Auto Focus Button
Added an Auto Focus button to the match window. It automatically selects players with the highest scouted progress, random selection is used if progress is equal.All Countries Available in Editor
All countries are now available for use in the editor.
Improvements
Attendance Fee Adjustment
Attendance fees have been reduced.Academy Upgrade Progression
Academy upgrade times have been increased to create longer progression.Wonderkid Indicator Logic
The yellow glow effect for wonderkids is now only shown if the player is sufficiently scouted and the potential judgement is correct, based on your Judgement skill.Sponsor Offer Requirements
Sponsor offers now require a minimum number of signed players depending on the sponsor tier.Player Market Interest Balance
Player interest and market demand have been adjusted.
UI Improvements
Player Nationality Display
Player nationality is now shown in the Player Hub.
Changes
Contract Release Rule
Players aged 19 can now be released without any penalty.
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Uploaded Mar 30, 2026
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How to Install
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Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
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